New York Times Top Stories
Rodney Jenkins, Star of the Show-Jumping Circuit, Dies at 80
He had a feel for how horses behaved and thought, and he won more than 70 Grand Prix events before retiring to train racehorses.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTim Cook to Dine With Trump at Mar-a-Lago
The chief executive of Apple is the latest in a series of technology executives who are traveling to Florida to meet with the president-elect.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Easy Holiday Manicure With a Secret Ingredient
The nail artist Mei Kawajiri shares a festive nail design you can recreate at home in just five steps, using products you probably already own.
New York Times Top StoriesSyrians Celebrated a New Chapter
Also, McKinsey will pay $650 million in an opioid settlement. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesConan O’Brien’s Parents Die 3 Days Apart
Thomas O’Brien, an epidemiologist, and Ruth O’Brien, a lawyer, juggled successful careers with raising six children, including the comedy star.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court to Hear Challenge to California Tailpipe Emissions Limits
The justices agreed to decide whether industry groups have suffered the sort of injury that gave them standing to sue over an unusual waiver.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Says Former ByteDance Executive Lied in Suit Against Company
A judge said this week that a former executive at ByteDance seemed to have fabricated evidence and submitted false statements in a high-profile 2023 lawsuit against the company.
New York Times Top StoriesHochul Launches Investigation Into Drone Sightings in New York
The governor made the announcement on Friday as sightings spread across New York and New Jersey. State and federal authorities said the flying objects posed no threat to the public.
New York Times Top StoriesKash Patel Inflates His Role in Justice Dept.’s Benghazi Attack Investigation
Donald J. Trump’s pick to be the next F.B.I. director has both exaggerated his importance in the government’s criminal inquiry into the 2012 attack and misleadingly distorted its conduct and results.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Smithsonian Looks at How the Slave Trade Shaped the World
“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a global story.
New York Times Top StoriesHochul Launches Investigation Into Drone Sightings in New York
The governor made the announcement on Friday as sightings spread across New York and New Jersey. State and federal authorities said the flying objects posed no threat to the public.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Considered Border Buoys Months Before Texas Put Them In
Border officials explored using floating barriers from Texas to California in 2022. The effort could help pave the way for their deployment under President-elect Donald J. Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Song Did You Discover, or Rediscover, in 2024?
We want to know why it resonated with you.
New York Times Top StoriesDeparting Senators Take to Floor for Ritual of Farewell Addresses
The farewell address is a Senate ritual that reflects the culture of the chamber, which prizes tradition, individual relationships, lofty debates and long-winded speeches.
New York Times Top StoriesSorry, but This Is the Future of Food
Every farm, even the scenic ones with red barns and rolling hills, is a kind of environmental crime scene, an echo of whatever wilderness it once replaced.
New York Times Top StoriesPolice Theorize C.E.O. Gunman Dumped Getaway Bike and It Was Swiped
Investigators are tracing the movements of the man they say fatally shot Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare.
New York Times Top StoriesAvant Gardner, Troubled Brooklyn Venue, Promises Security Changes in Major Renovation
The planned overhaul comes more than a year after two patrons who left the mega-club were found dead nearby.
New York Times Top StoriesBank of America Flagged Suspicious Payments to Epstein Only After He Died
Senate staff members are urging that Bank of America be investigated for the way it reported payments to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier.
New York Times Top StoriesMost Americans Say They Have Good Health Insurance, Polls Show
Many have encountered problems with their coverage, but the recent rage on social media is only part of the picture of Americans’ views on health care.
New York Times Top StoriesMcKinsey to Pay $650 Million in Opioid Settlement With Justice Department
A senior partner has also pleaded to obstruction of justice after destroying company documents.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Berlin Really Afford 3 ‘Magic Flutes’ in a Single Week?
Each of the city’s opera houses is presenting a different production of the Mozart classic. With arts cuts looming, it looks like a last hurrah.
New York Times Top StoriesScott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury Pick, Is Poised to Test ‘Three Arrows’ Economic Strategy
Scott Bessent’s “3-3-3” plan to stimulate growth, reduce the deficit and expand oil production will soon face economic realities.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Wackiest, Most ‘Annoying’ Christmas Song Became a Hit
It started with a novelty songwriter stranded on a snowy night. Decades later, listeners still can’t get his song, “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer,” out of their heads.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk’s Playbook for DOGE Has a Precedent: X
Mr. Musk is wielding his X account to single out federal employees and agencies for cuts. He has used this method before.
New York Times Top StoriesI’m on a List of Trump’s Enemies. I Don’t Want a Pardon.
We should show that we trust the fairness of the justice system.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat the Polio Vaccine Has Meant for Public Health
A lawyer working with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has asked the F.D.A. to withdraw approval of the current shot because it hasn’t been tested against a placebo. Scientists say such a test would be unethical.
New York Times Top StoriesCritics Complain That Italy’s Government Is Interfering in the Arts
Italy’s culture ministry dismissed experts preparing an exhibition on Futurism and put in its own appointees, who created a show that seems to glorify the Mussolini years.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Anthropic’s Claude Is a Hit with Tech Insiders
A.I. insiders are falling for Claude, a chatbot from Anthropic. Is it a passing fad, or a preview of artificial relationships to come?
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Argue That the 2024 Election Actually Had Its Bright Spots
Some leaders have begun to put a sunnier spin on the November outcome by pointing to down-ballot victories — a possible sign that Democrats may not tear down their party after all.
New York Times Top StoriesA New Frontier in Paleontology for Profit: Selling Shares in a Stegosaurus
As academics fear being priced out of the fossil market, a private company announced that it aims to raise $13.75 million by selling shares in a stegosaurus fossil.